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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Licchavi''' (also ''Lichchhavi'', ''Lichavi'') was an [[ancient history|ancient]] [[republic]] that existed in what is now [[Bihar]] state of [[India]] before the birth of [[Mahavira]] (b. 599 BC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://p2.www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048151/Licchavi |title="Licchavi", ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online'' |access-date=2007-11-18 |archive-date=2008-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223185727/http://p2.www.britannica.com/eb/article-9048151/Licchavi |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://p2.www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074639/Vaisali |title="Vaisali", ''Encyclopedia Britannica Online'' |access-date=2007-11-18 |archive-date=2008-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223225431/http://p2.www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074639/Vaisali |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its capital was [[Vaishali]].<br />
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From about 400 to 750, a kingdom in [[Nepal]] in the [[Kathmandu]] Valley had the same name, Licchavi.<br />
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==Origins==<br />
Early [[Buddhist]] legends tell that Licchavi was a ruling family during [[Gautama Buddha]]'s time in [[India]], but links to the Nepalese kingdom are speculative. The language of Licchavi inscriptions is [[Sanskrit]], and the particular script used is closely related to official [[Gupta]] scripts. That means that [[India]] was a significant cultural influence. That was likely through [[Mithila]], now the north of [[Bihar]], India.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.asianart.com/articles/jaya/kings.html Tamot, Kashinath and Alsop, Ian. "A Kushan-period Sculpture, The Licchavi Kings", Asianart.com]<br />
* [http://www.thamel.com/htms/history.htm ''History of Nepal,'' Thamel.com]<br />
* [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+np0015) "Nepal: The Early Kingdom of the Licchavis, 400-750", Library of Congress Countryreports.org (September, 1991)]<br />
* [http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/kailash/1_2_1.html Vajrācārya, Gautamavajra, "Recently Discovered Inscriptions of Licchavi, Nepal", ''Kailash - Journal of Himalayan Studies,'' Volume 1, Number 2, 1973. (pp. 117-134)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927204420/http://www.thdl.org/texts/reprints/kailash/1_2_1.html |date=2008-09-27 }}<br />
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[[Category:History of India]]<br />
[[Category:Nepal]]<br />
[[Category:Bihar]]<br />
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